Mawu-Lisa

Mawu-Lisa is the West African creator figure cluster discussed in 147. 非洲神话：腋毛创世, 土狼下蛋及哪吒的另一版本. The episode says the Fon tradition includes the goddess Mawu and later a paired husband figure, Lisa, with some versions treating the two as a combined deity.

The source’s Mawu story centers creation through a world-shaping serpent. Mawu creates gods and humans, then sits in the serpent’s mouth as it crawls across the world; the serpent’s traces form rivers and gorges, its waste becomes mountains, and its coiled body supports the earth. This makes Mawu-Lisa a compact case for African Mythology as landscape explanation, resource memory, and divine-body imagery.

Connections

• African Mythology - broader mythology frame for the source.
• African Oral Literature - variant-transmission frame.
• Obatala - another West African creator figure discussed in the same episode.
• Mythic Source Layering - variant and comparison frame for creator stories.
• 147. 非洲神话：腋毛创世, 土狼下蛋及哪吒的另一版本 - source episode.